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Lille OSC
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LOSC Lille is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, Lille has played its home matches since 2012 at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in nearby Villeneuve dAscq, which replaced the clubs previous home of Stade Lille-Metropole in the same community. The team is captained by French international Rio Mavuba, Lille was founded as a result of a merger between Olympique Lillois and SC Fives. Both clubs were founding members of the French Division 1 and Lillois was the inaugural champions. Under the Lille emblem, the club has won three titles in 1946,1954, and 2011 and six Coupe de France titles. Lille and Red Star FC are the only French clubs in the history to win the Coupe de France in three consecutive seasons. Lilles most successful period was the decade from 1946 to 1956 when the team was led by managers George Berry, Lille have a long-standing rivalry with its neighbours RC Lens. The two clubs regularly contest the Derby du Nord, Lille is presided over by Gérard Lopez, an entrepreneur-investor and an active Luxembourgish-Spanish businessman that invests in the sports industry. Before the Second World War, the city of Lille had two clubs in Ligue 1, Olympique Lillois and Sporting Club Fivois, weakened by the war, the two clubs decided to merge in the autumn of 1944, giving birth to Lille Olympique Sporting Club. Within its first decade of existence, the new club won two titles and reached the second place for four consecutive seasons. In the Coupe de France the club accumulated five wins in seven finals, the final of the Latin Cup was also reached. Lille was relegated for the first time in 1956, the club became a mid-table side and in the late 1960s, after a long period of anonymity, and weighed down by a lack of facilities and resources, Lille abandoned its professional status. It was feared that the club might disappear, however, some young leaders, such as Max Pommerolle, came and gave new impetus to the club. Nevertheless, the results remained erratic and the titles that ignited the fans passions were won in the Second Division. In July 1980, Lille was the first French club to opt for the status of a Mixed Economy Company, the team of presidents Amyot, Deschot and Dewailly all struggled to compete with the top teams in the country. Jacques Amyots resignation in 1990 led to three more years for the club which compromised its very existence. It took Bernard Lecomtes arrival in 1993 to set the club finances on the road to recovery, after a final relegation in 1997, the team trained by Bosnian coach Vahid Halilhodžić was soon promoted back to the elite, in the same year the French Football League was privatised. In just its first season back in the top flight 2000–01 French Division 1, Lille qualified for Europe for the first time in the clubs history, booking its place in the 2000–01 Champions League

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Racing Club de France football Colombes 92
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Racing Club de France football Colombes 92 is a French association football club based in Colombes, a suburb of Paris. Racing was founded in 1882 as a multi sports club and is one of the oldest clubs in French football history. The team currently plays in the Championnat de France amateur 2, Racing is managed by former football player Azzedine Meguellatti and hosts its home matches at the Stade Lucien-Choine, a smaller stadium next to the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes. Racing Club de France was founded in 1882 and was one of the members of Ligue 1. The club have won one Ligue 1 title, which came during the 1935–36 season and five Coupe de France titles, Racing also played in the USFSA-sanctioned league, which was Frances first-ever league championship. Racing made its debut in the league in 1899 and won the league in 1907 having previously finished as runner-up in 1902 and 1903, diagne spent a decade with the club from 1930–1940 and, in 1931, became the first black player to play in the French national team. He later played on the team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup alongside Abdelkader Ben Bouali, his Racing teammate, between 2009 and 2012, the club moved to nearby Levallois-Perret after the club reached a financial agreement with the commune. Racing Club de France is a team of French football, however. During the 1900 Summer Olympics, the hosted the athletic events at Croix-Catelan Stadium. Racings days at its zenith were in the 1930s and 40s, when the won the Division 1 in 1936. The club was successful at the beginning of the 1960s. However, midway through the decade, Racing became a significant focal point of the crisis that affected French football. The clubs financial struggles resulted in its relegation to the lower divisions, Lagardère gets especially the latter in case of maintenance of RP1 in D2, the two clubs will merge. This does not lack arrive, the first team of RP1, D2, is attached to Racing, while the reserve and youth teams of the former Paris FC are returned in the fourth division, the goals are ambitious, but their realization through promotion to the top flight. Alain de Martigny is the coach of the team, the climb is acquired in 1984, during a phase of dam which opposes the first RCP Lyon, then in Nice, the Eaglets won the first leg at the Stade du Ray, and mark the first in Colombes. At home in front of 40,000 fans, Racingmen fail to win, while he now shares the Parc des Princes with PSG, Racing nourishes important ambitions. Despite relegation, Lagardère made a new recruitment effort with the arrival of international Eugène Kabongo, team Racing, now led by René Hauss, won the title of champion of the second division in 1985-1986, confirming options Lagardère. Yet the mayonnaise takes evil and the results are disappointing in terms of investments, Lagardère, determined to lead his club in European Cup draws in 1987 the Portuguese coach Artur Jorge, just basking in his victory in the European Cup with FC Porto

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FC Rouen
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Football Club de Rouen 1899 was a French association football club based in Rouen. The club was formed in 1899 and played its last years in the Division dHonneur, Rouen played its home matches at the Stade Robert Diochon, named after Robert Diochon, a historic player who was influential during the clubs infancy. The team is managed by former football player Éric Garcin and captained by defender Pierre Vignaud, Rouen is known as Les Diables Rouges and have been since 1903. Rouens football division was founded in 1899, but the club itself was founded in 1896 as a rugby club, the club achieved professional status in 1933 and have spent 19 seasons in the first division of French football and 36 in the second division. Rouens highest honour to date was winning the division in 1936. In addition to Robert Diochon, Rouen have produced a host of players who contributed to the France national team during the early years. One of the notable players were Edmond Delfour and Jean Nicolas. Delfour made 41 appearances with the team from 1929–1938 and participated in three FIFA World Cups 1930,1934 and 1938. He is one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups, Delfour later went on to manage Rouen from 1940–1945 during the unofficial wartime championships. Nicolas spent his career with Rouen and appeared in 25 matches scoring 21 goals with the national team from 1933–1938. In present-day, Nicolas goal output with the ranks for tenth all-time. Football Club de Rouen 1899 was founded under the name Football Club de Rouen in 1896 by an English merchant known by the surname Willing, the club was initially formed as a rugby club. Rouen spent three seasons primarily playing the sport of rugby before association football was introduced to the club in 1899, on 11 July 1899, the club officially announced the introduction of a football section. The section was influenced by player Robert Diochon was, upon its creation, inserted into the regional league, Normandie Championnat. In 1903, the acquired the nickname Les Diables Rouges. In 1910, Diochon was installed as president of the club, under the reign of Diochon, Rouen won the Normandie Championnat in five straight seasons from 1909–1914. After World War I and the dissolving of the USFSA, Rouen began playing in the Normandie Division dHonneur, from 1919–1933, the club won the league eight times and were led by mercurial striker Jean Nicolas. In 1925, Rouen reached the Coupe de France final, in the final, the club faced CASG Paris and were defeated 3–2 in the second leg of the final

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Amiens SC
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Amiens Sporting Club is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Picardy region. The club was formed in 1901 and currently play in Ligue 2, the club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Licorne located within the city. Amiens is managed by Olivier Echouafni and captained by defender Stéphane Mangione, Amiens Athlétic Club was set up in 1901 by a group of players from the Association du Lycée dAmiens, French schoolboy champions in 1902,1903, and 1904. AAC crushed its very first opponents, Saint-Quentin, 13–0 a few months after its creation, in April 1902, the Comité de Picardie de lU. S. F. S. A was established by the then-president of the AAC. AAC dominated the early USFSA league for the first 12 seasons, in 1909, the club got a new ground, at the Henry Daussy Park, allowing an attendance of more than 1,000. In 1933, the club got its first professional section, later abandoned in 1952, since the early days, AAC has undergone two name changes, In 1961, to Sporting Club dAmiens, and in 1989, as Amiens Sporting Club. Amiens played in Ligue 2 between 2001–2009, the team will make a return to the second tier of French football for the 2016–2017 season, after finishing 3rd in the Championnat National. As of 28 Jasnuary,2017 Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Below are the former players who have represented Amiens and its predecessors in league. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club, for a list of former Amiens players, see Category, Amiens SC players